The Triads of Ireland (Trecheng Breth Féne) (1906) - Page 22

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A Comparison Between the Following Two Tables

First, the proportion of deaths for each day, compared with the number of citizens remaining in Philadelphia at various periods when those deaths occurred.

Secondly, the proportion of deaths for each day, compared with the total number of inhabitants, as recorded by the marshal in the census of 1790.

The number of citizens remaining in the city and liberties original: "liberties"—areas of land outside the city limits but subject to its jurisdiction; in this context, the Northern Liberties and Southwark districts of Philadelphia during the prevalence of the disorder is estimated at about 23,000.

The number of inhabitants, according to the census of 1790, was about 47,000.

According to the first estimate, the burials on the 12th of October—when they reached their highest point (totaling 111 deaths)—were in the proportion of one death for every 207 people who remained in the city.

According to the census of 1790, they were in the proportion of one to about 423.

Taking the average of the deaths for the entire duration of the disorder (which was 38 per day), they were, according to the first estimate, in the proportion of one to 600 every day; and, according to the second, in the proportion of one to 1,230.